Vehicle-seat



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C. B. MOORE.

VEHICLE SEAT.

No. 596,525. Patented Ja.11.4,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. MOORE, OF ROCHESTER, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,525, dated January 4, 1898. Application led September 18, 1897. Serial No. 651,528. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Fulton and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Vehi* cle-Seat, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in vehicle-seats.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of vehicle-seats and to provide a simple and inexpensive one designed for buggies and similar vehicles and capable of being arranged to provide an additional seat in advance of the main or buggy seat for the accommodation of a child.

A further object of the' invention is to enable such additional or childs seat to be compactly folded out of the way when not in use.

The invention consists of the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illus-.

trated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a vehicle-seat constructed in accordance with this invention, the additional or childs seat being arranged in operative position, Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken longitudinally of the guide-rod. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the removable cushion of the childs seat.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

1 designates a buggy-seat comprising a rectangular frame 2, a removable bottom board 3, supported within the frame upon cleatst, and a cushion 5, which is removable to afford access to the bottom board 3 and the interior of the seat. A suitable rail 6 is mounted upon the frame 2, which is provided at its front with a central horizontal slot 7, receiving a sliding support 8.

The sliding support 8, which is adapted to be extended, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, consists of a substantially L-shaped piece of metal, which forms a horizontal portion, and a depending arm 9 at the inner end thereof, and it is provided at its lower face with a longitudinal strength:

ening-rib Si, extending along the center of the slide and sliding in a depression of the slot 7 of the seat-frame. This rib 8 is also formed on the front face of the depending arnr9. The arm 9 is provided with perforations 10 and extends slightly below the frame 2 to permit guide-rods ll, which are secured to the lower faces of the front and back of the frame, to pass through the perforations 10, whereby the rear portion of the support 8 is slidinglyconnected with the frame 2.

The horizontal portion of the support 8 is provided with perforations l2, adapted to receive depending studs 13 of a removable cushion 14, which is substantially rectangular and which has its inner end abutting against the front edge of the frame 2. This construction locks vthe sliding support in its extended position, and the removable cushion forms a convenient seat for 'a child and is adapted, when not in use, to be arranged within the frame of the buggy-seat, the removable bottom board 3 permitting ready access 4to the interior of the same.

The horizontal guide-rods are provided at their terminals with eyes to receive screws or other suitable fastening devices, and the cleats 4: are preferably arranged at the ends of the seat-frame, as shown in the accompa nying drawings.

The invention has the following advantages: The additional or childs seat is conveniently arranged at the front of the buggyseat when it is in use, and it is adapted to be folded or arranged entirely out of sight and outof the way when it is not in use.

support and engages the seat-frame and absolutely prevents the former from accidentally sliding inward from beneath the cushion 14. The studs also prevent the cushion from slipping off the horizontal support.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim isl. A device of the class described comprising a seat-frame provided at its front with a slot or opening, the guiderods mounted on the seat-frame and disposed longitudinally of a vehicle, the sliding support mounted on the The rel movable cushion interlocks with the sliding IOO cushion arranged on the support and provided with depending studs itting in the said perforations, said cushion engaging the seat-frame, whereby the support is locked in its extended position, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a seat-frame provided at its front with an opening and having a removable bottom board, guide-rods mounted on the seat-frame,

a substantially L-shaped extensible support' arranged in the opening of the seat-f rame and having its depending` portion perforated and receiving the guide-rods, and a removable cushion interlocked with the support and abutting against the seat frame, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described comprising a seat-frame, an extensible slide mounted on the seat-frame, adapted to be drawn 'ontward beyond the same and provided with means for limiting its outward movement, and a cushion or seat detachably interlocked with the slide, supported by the same and locking the said slide against inward movement, substantially as described.

5. A device of the class described comprising aseat-frame, an eXtensible L-shaped slide mounted on the seat-frame and provided at its lower face with a central longitudinal rib extending downward on the front face of the depending portion of the slide, said depending portion limiting the outward movement of the slide, and a cushion or seat interlocked with the slide and holding the same against inward movement,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

oI-IAELEs B. MooRE.

"Witnesses:

HORACE G. KEWNEY, LUTHER I-I. BIBLER. 

